IntegratingskillsIntegratingskillsPrereading1Whatcanyouseeinthepicture?2WhatdoyouknowaboutJiaSixie?Heisascientistinfarming;hewroteabookcalledQiminYaoshu.FarmingandGardening1.AboutJiaSixie…;…livedinthesixthcenturyAD;…wasborninYidu,ShandongProvince;…spenthistimeoncollectedinformationstudieditdidexperimentsandlearntfromtheexperiencesoffarmers.2.AboutQiMinYaoShuaboutgrowinggreenvegetablesandfruittrees;aboutkeepingcows,sheepandfishinlakes.aboutmakingwine.3.AboutJiaSixie’sadvicedothingsattherighttimeoftheyear;improvethesoilifnotgood;cleangroundbeforesowingorplantingcropsandremoveweeds;ploughthesoilautumnploughingspringploughingchangethecropsinthefield.(Wheat)beplantedclosetogether;growplantsnexttoeachotherinthesamefield.1.WhatadvicedidQiMinYaoShuinclude?2.Whatshouldyoudofirstasafarmer?3.Whatmustbedonebeforesowingorplantingcrops?4.WhydidJiaSixieletsheeporcowswalkontheland?5.Whatshouldwedoifwewanttoreachthebestharvest?6.Shouldwheatbeplantedclosetogetherorwithspace?1.WhatadvicedidQiMinYaoShuinclude?Itincludesthefollowingadvice:growinggreenvegetablesandfruittrees,keepingcows,sheepandfishinlakes.Therearealsoinstructionsformakingwine.2.Whatshouldyoudofirstasafarmer?Firstlyasafarmer,youshouldremembertodothingsattherighttimeoftheyear.Ifso,yourworkwillbelessandtheresultwillbebetter.3.Whatmustbedonebeforesowingorplantingcrops?Beforeyousoworplantcrops,youmustcleanroughgroundandremoveweeds.4.WhydidJiaSixieletsheeporcowswalkontheland?Becausehewantedtheanimalstodestroytheweedsoreatthem.5.Whatshouldwedoifwewanttoreachthebestharvest?Ifyouwanttoreachthebestharvest,youshouldchangethecropsinyourfields.Forexample,ifyouplantriceinafieldoneyearandwheatinthefieldthenextyear,youwillharvestgoodcrops.Thatistosay,donotplantthesamecropyearafteryearinthesamefield.6.Shouldwheatbeplantedclosetogetherorwithspace?Wheatshouldbeplantedclosetogetherinsteadofwithspace.BecauseJiaSixiedidexperimentsandshowedthat.Discussion:Imagineyouhaveavegetablegardenandyouwanttogrowbeans,cabbage,onions,tomatoesandsunflowers.Writeaplanforyourvegetablegarden.Whatwillyoudointhefollowingperiodsoftheyear?November;March;April;May~September;July~OctoberNovember:PloughthelanddeeplyforthefirsttimeMarch:Removetheweedsandploughthelandlessdeeplyforthesecondtime.Cleantheroughground.April:sowtheseeds;growdifferentplantsnexttoeachother.May~September:watertheplants,putfertilizeronthesoilandremoveweedsregularly.July~October:harvestthecrops.Farmers’proverbs&sayingsThewisdomoffarmersabouttheweather&farmingiscollectedinmanypopularproverbs&passedonfromgenerationtogeneration.Thefollowingproverbstellyousth.AbouttheweatherdinEngland.AretheytrueforChina?4Postreading1Noweatherisill,ifthewindbestill.2Yellowskyatsunset,windinthemorrow.3Rainbeforeseven,clearbyeleven.4AprilshowersbringMayflowers.5Deedsarefruits,wordsarebutleaves.6Thebestgroundbearsweedsaswellasflowers.7Nevercackleunlessyoulay.1.Farmersshoulddothingsattherighttimeof1.Farmersshoulddothingsattherighttimeoftheyear.theyear.2.Farmersshouldexaminethesoilcarefully.2.Farmersshouldexaminethesoilcarefully.3.Iftheconditionofthesoilisnotgood,farmers3.Iftheconditionofthesoilisnotgood,farmersshouldimproveit.shouldimproveit.4.Beforesowingorplantingcrops,farmers4.Beforesowingorplantingcrops,farmersshouldcleanroughgroundandremoveweeds.shouldcleanroughgroundandremoveweeds.5.Farmersshouldletsheeporcattle...
